Prepare for the robot productivity ‘shock’

Prepare for the robot productivity ‘shock’
Some cultures may feel their values and worldviews are not reflected by AI models. (Image: Getty)
Peter Griffin
Another week, another group of artificial intelligence experts issuing a stark warning that AI could lead to humanity’s annihilation.“Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war,” the San Francisco-based Center for AI Safety warned in a statement signed by some big names in AI – OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis, and Geoffrey Hinton, the "Godfather of AI" among them.Such doom-laden rh...

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